I love the process of designing a logo. It’s a collaborative work of wrestling through vision and how it’s expressed visually. Taking a dream that’s being built, something that will gather community, and to try to express it in shapes and space is exciting and terrifying.
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It takes a lot of listening, courage, vulnerability, and faith. I never want to take for granted the privilege and honour it is to hear the heart of why a company is built. To sit and cherish a beautiful vision, listen for its shape, give it space to speak. Really, it’s the story I love, to journey together with others through all the challenges of communication and finally discover shapes and spaces speaking the vision back to you.
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My good friends at @jonnybeancoffee braved this journey with me. I loved working on this with them and I cherish all they’ve taught me along the way.
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And that’s the point, to empower one another to courageously create beautiful good for the sake of the other. Life is a painful beauty, let’s take care to listen, to feel, and to share... together.
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The famous vision of Saint Don Bosco:
In the vision two columns then emerged from the great ocean. On one was a golden Monstrance with the Holy Eucharist exposed within it. The column was inscribed with the words "Salvation of Believers". The other column held an Image of Mary, the Mother of God, inscribed with the words "The Help of Christians". Here are words which purportedly reflect those actually spoken by the Saint in describing this vision: "The entire enemy fleet closes in to intercept and sink the flagship at all costs. They bombard it with everything they have: books and pamphlets, incendiary bombs, firearms, cannons. The battle rages ever more furious. Beaked prows ram the flagship again and again, but to no avail, as, unscathed and undaunted, it keeps on its course. At times a formidable ram splinters a gaping hole into its hull, but, immediately, a breeze from the two columns instantly seals the gash. "Meanwhile, enemy cannons blow up, firearms and beaks fall to pieces, ships crack up and sink to the bottom. In blind fury the enemy takes to hand-to-hand combat, cursing and blaspheming. Suddenly the Pope falls, seriously wounded. He is instantly helped up but, struck down a second time, dies. A shout of victory rises from the enemy and wild rejoicing sweeps their ships. But no sooner is the Pope dead than another takes his place. The captains of the auxiliary ships elected him so quickly that the news of the Pope's death coincides with that of his successor's election. The enemy's self-assurance wanes." "Breaking through all resistance, the new Pope steers his ship safely between the two columns and moors it to the two columns; first to the one surmounted by the Host, and then to the other, topped by the statue of the Virgin. At this point something unexpected happens. The enemy ships panic and disperse, colliding with and scuttling each other. Some auxiliary ships which had gallantly fought alongside their flagship are the first to tie up at the two columns." It is a very famous vision in the Catholic Church with many interpretations.
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The rainbow is such a beautiful sign of peace and hope; I’m so grateful for all the rainbow sightings here around my new home. I think that color is something so magical and exciting, even when colors are around us all the time when we see a rainbow 🌈 we stop and wonder. What does color mean to you? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; We are grateful that thorns have Roses" -Alphonse Karr
Photo taken by Hannah from the WOW Factor team while on a site visit in Dublin, Ireland. #motivationmonday
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